Campaign finance
Harris’ political operation crosses $1 billion raised for the 2024 election
Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris arrives for a campaign event at the Dort Financial Center in Flint, Michigan, October 4, 2024. Geoff Robins | Afp | Getty Images Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign operation crossed the $1 billion fundraising threshold in September, two months after she took over as the Democratic Party’s […]
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Ex-Adams aide charged with witness tampering in campaign finance probe day after resigning
Mayor Eric Adams speaks to the press during the weekly briefing at the City Hall about the ongoing programs in New York City. Lev Radin | Lightrocket | Getty Images A former New York City official, who until Monday worked in the Adams administration, has been arrested and charged with witness tampering and obstruction of […]
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Watch Live: Federal prosecutors announce charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams
[The stream is slated to start at 11:30 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Federal prosecutors are expected to announce public corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams Thursday in a press conference in lower Manhattan. Adams has been indicted on criminal […]
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Why the U.S. elects so many older politicians
President Joe Biden, age 81, ended his 2024 reelection bid as concern for his vitality mounted within the Democratic Party. “There are cognitive issues,” said former Senator Bob Kerry, D-Neb., in a July interview with CNBC. The issue of aging lawmakers in the U.S. extends well beyond the presidency. At the start of the 118th […]
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VP Kamala Harris and Democratic donors discuss ‘urgent, emerging needs’ in the race, with Biden campaign in crisis
Vice President Kamala Harris joined a call with major Democratic donors Friday afternoon to discuss what the hosts called “urgent, emerging needs.” The call came as more Democratic lawmakers publicly call on President Joe Biden to drop his bid for reelection. A Biden campaign official told NBC News that the president’s advisers asked Harris to […]
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Peter Thiel claims, ‘If you maintain a gun to my head I’ll vote for Trump’ although he just isn’t backing campaign
Then-president-elect Donald Trump shakes the hand of Peter Thiel for the duration of a assembly with engineering executives at Trump Tower, December 14, 2016 in New York Metropolis. Getty Pictures Peter Thiel, once 1 of Donald Trump’s important economical backers in the tech field, stated Thursday that even however he’s not providing money to the […]
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How Donald Trump’s criminal conviction boosted his campaign fundraising machine
Throughout his 2024 campaign, former President Donald Trump has managed to keep his political operation afloat by walking a delicate financial tightrope. The guilty verdict in a Manhattan hush money case added to a long list of legal challenges that have cost him more than $100 million in donor money to date. Campaign finance experts […]
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Why the Trump campaign never fundraised off the Hunter Biden trial
Republican presidential candidate and previous U.S. President Donald Trump reacts throughout a campaign function, in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. June 9, 2024. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Previous President Donald Trump has put in many years attacking Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden’s only surviving son, and elevating campaign income on his unfounded claims that the Biden […]
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Trump campaign and RNC say they lifted $141 million in May possibly
Previous U.S. President and Republican presidential applicant Donald Trump smiles throughout a marketing campaign rally in Windham, New Hampshire, August 8, 2023. Reba Saldanha | Reuters Former President Donald Trump’s marketing campaign and the Republican Nationwide Committee declared Monday that the two entities jointly raised $141 million in May possibly. The significant haul would symbolize […]
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Here are the perks Trump’s top donors would receive during the Republican National Convention
ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 29: Former U.S. President Donald Trump Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the California GOP convention on September 29, 2023 in Anaheim, California. Presidential candidates set to speak at the convention include former President Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, and entrepreneur, Vivek Ramaswamy. The […]
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